Question

I know that this question seems to be banal, but I have small problem. I’m trying to match input similar to this:

%!: Word Word=888 Word=AAA

… using this regex:

[A-Za-z]*

I need just to select first word whitch contains only characters.
My C# code:

string res = Regex.Match("[A-Za-z]*", this.Content, RegexOptions.Singleline).Value;

Please help me. It’s not working for me.

Answer 1

You’re basically there.

Your regex should be @"\b[A-Za-z]+\b".

And then, if you’re wondering why you aren’t getting any matches. It’s because you mixed up the input and pattern parameters 🙂

You want:

string res = Regex.Match(this.Content, @"\b[A-Za-z]+\b", RegexOptions.Singleline).Value;

NOT:

string res = Regex.Match(@"\b[A-Za-z]+\b",this.Content,  RegexOptions.Singleline).Value;

🙂